The Chickens Of Wild Ivy Farm

The Chickens Of Wild Ivy Farm In order to spare my friends from a daily deluge of chicken photos on my personal page, I made the chickens their own page.

Feel free to admire my beautiful, hilarious, feathery pets.

09/02/2026

Razzle has always chattered like this as she is laying her egg which completely defeats the point of her excellently concealed nests.

08/22/2026

Their little white bums 😂😍

This is a photo I’d been hoping to get - Tinkerbell with all of his kids!
08/18/2026

This is a photo I’d been hoping to get - Tinkerbell with all of his kids!

Tidbit was not satisfied raising one baby this Spring so she secretly started another brood with additions from Summersi...
08/17/2026

Tidbit was not satisfied raising one baby this Spring so she secretly started another brood with additions from Summerside and Brackley. She had 6 eggs, then 2, then 6, then 5 and finally 6 before I found her nest and then contained her nest. The discovery of the nest, the moving of it and the brooding of it has been fraught with peril and drama. Therefore, the three (so far) hatched babies are named Fret (brown), Glimmer (yellow) and Hazard (black). If the other three hatch, updates will be posted. Stay tuned!

Chickens doing an album coverPie has adopted Summerside’s babies that have been told to fend for themselves. Daisy also ...
07/11/2026

Chickens doing an album cover

Pie has adopted Summerside’s babies that have been told to fend for themselves. Daisy also looks after them. Daisy & Pie each still care for their own chicks (BB and Cranberry) but have been surrogates for Dilly & Egret also.

Feel free to vote for a band name!

Daisy & The Day Care
Stepchild O’Mine
The Adopters
Mamaddiction
Who’s Yer Mama
The Blenders
Yours & Mine
Pie & The Preschoolers

Tinkerbell has some strong genetics! Four of five chicks hatched this year are his children. The eggs were from four dif...
06/27/2026

Tinkerbell has some strong genetics! Four of five chicks hatched this year are his children. The eggs were from four different hens, only one of which was also white. He passed on his color, feathered feet and fluffy head to each of his babies.

Airplane: hatched and raised by Tidbit from a Winky egg
BB8: hatched and raised by Daisy from a Summerside egg
Cranberry: hatched and raised by Pie from her own egg
Dilly & Egret: hatched and sort of raised by Summerside from eggs by Welkin and Cavendish; Egrets dad is Star

Vintage Visit to 2022Presley & Jackson hatched & raised by Daisy. This was the Summer of the great baby swap. Dazzle had...
06/16/2026

Vintage Visit to 2022

Presley & Jackson hatched & raised by Daisy.

This was the Summer of the great baby swap. Dazzle had 2 eggs and Daisy had two eggs. Dazzle’s eggs hatched but Daisy’s didn’t. Penobscot Poultry had Bantam Cochin chicks so I got two (Whoopie & Pie) and gave those to Dazzle (who is a bantam) and gave Dazzle’s regular size babies to Daisy, who is also regular size. Since the Chicks were just a day old, no one was the wiser that they were “switched at birth”.

Whoopie passed away at just a year old but everyone else is still with us.

06/11/2026

Summerside is a bad mom.

She is the worst parts of a hippie mom who says children should run free and learn about life by exploring without supervision. She is the worst parts of a psychoanalyst mom who says children should come to their own conclusions without intervention by adults. She is the worst part of a casual mom who says someone will be around to look after her kids, she doesn’t need to be there constantly. She is the worst parts of a reluctant mom who doesn’t want to be restricted by motherhood from having her own fun. And she is the worst parts of a naturalist survival mom who says children will figure it out themselves if you leave them alone in the wilderness.

Poor little Dilly & Egret are always lost. Sometimes Summerside is nearby but often times she has wandered off without telling her children where she’s going. If they cry, Daisy and Pie will respond and look after them until Summerside wonders back into town. Dilly is already showing signs of anxiety while Egret is developing depression. They’ll have to go to therapy to overcome their abandonment and trust issues.

At least Summerside still snuggles them at night. She may be a dippy wayward mom by day, but at night she is still comforting and reliable.

When you realize the paparazzi is invading your personal family time:Summerside with her babies, Dilly & Egret
06/09/2026

When you realize the paparazzi is invading your personal family time:

Summerside with her babies, Dilly & Egret

Can we just take a moment to admire the enormous poofiness of Tourmaline? He is almost one year old and has become the m...
06/04/2026

Can we just take a moment to admire the enormous poofiness of Tourmaline? He is almost one year old and has become the most astonishing boy. His size, his floof, his color… what a grand ottoman-size rooster he has become!

Tourmaline is a Lavender Orpington of the English style. That means he is wider and lower and puffier than an American style Orpington. That may explain his ginger colored, English “Lord of the Manor” eyebrows too.

Tourmaline is a good boy and tolerates me picking him up and reveling in his squishiness every so often.

He is shown here with his friend Hopewell, an average rooster-sized rooster. They are part of the group of six roosters (The Bubbas) that live here.

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